Slitting machine



April l5 1924.

. c.l E. WOODWORTH l SLITTING MACHNE Filed Dec. 1s 1920 7 sheets-sheet 1 Amin 15 1924..

SLITTING MACHINE Filed Dec' Awa 15, 1924, 11,490,549

C. F. WOODWORTH' SLITTING MACHINE.

Filed Dec. 13 l.

7 Sheets-Sheet' 5 Oyla@ Amm 15 '11924;

C. F. VVOODVVOR'I'Hl SLITTING MACHINE Filed Dec. l5 1920 7 Sheets-Sheet@ un L 1 l SLITTING MACHINE Filed DeC. l5 1920 7 Sheets-Sheet 5 nl Y ll ll AWN l5 1924@ 1,499,549

Y c.- F. WOODWORTH SLI TTING MACHIE Filed Dec. l5 192C)- '7 SheetS-Sheeb C. F. WOCDWORTH SLITTING MACHINE Amin 15 1924. 1.49am@ l Filed Dec. 13 1920 7 :sheets-sheetv `To alljwhom 'it 'may concern'. I

' f useful Improvement in S'litting, Machines, 1'.

Patented '/apr. i5, i924.

Tarrina onannncn'r. -w'oonwon'rm orcnicaeo, "IiLLiNoi-rs.

snirrizne mneninn p `.amsncatim'i'inea' recenter 13,1929., serial Neasden.'

Be it known tliaLtI,.CL/\RENCE F. Woon- .State of Illinois, have 'invented a new and of which thefollowi-ng is a specification.,`

i machines ,for treating sheet material.-

1 or .the` like, by passing the material through l It is an object ofthe invention to straight, en; outA sheet material, particularly sheet I copper, brass, aluminium, paper, cardboard a number4 offsets of lrollers .which vactv sucwrin-kles oirotheruneven portions from' the V'subsequent 'operations on thefsame.; v L

provide' in combination with the straightening for iattei'iingA rollers `of fthe vmachine means for .trimming one edg e' of the sheetj material while thematerial is continuously advancedthrongh the" machine.,

" bining with the straightening `or trimming successively from lthe machine. j s

It is', therefore, alsov an object of the1inF .ventioii ft'o Acombine with` a :drive-'for con- -vtin-uousl'y advancing. the. sheet material` A through vthe machine, means for intermit- A'tently advancing materialto a shearing device', and-to intermittently interrupt the feed of the. material to the shearing elements .without, however, interrupting-.the feed. of

vide means for continuously rewinding' that' .the material to the draining elements.v Y 'It is also anlobject 'ofthe invention` to proedge' strip which' has been trimmed oif from f elements facilitatingthe removalfof the coil' 'of this stripwitl-iout interrupting the operathe material while j the" latter .advances through the machine and toy combine this`.re,

windingl device for the severed y'strip with tion .of the'niachine.

; 'The invention also con-templates; the pro. vision of means for facilitating the introduc,

' tion of the front edge of the materialto be treated between the .various rollers or 'other elementsof the machine, and to facilitate,

F ig.l l; Acessi'vely on the' material fso as toV remove all.

It'jis also .an'object of the invention" b.

The'invention also` has the obj|ect of com?" machine to be'driven by that prime mover by'whi'ch it isdriven during normal opera` tion. L

Y With these and numerous". other objects I view an embodiment of the. invention is de- This invention relates to improvements in scribed inthe followingI specification and In the drawing:

. 4' iS vv21.11 .end elevation;-

-Figul is a side elevation of the machine;

nel

,'F ig. 3 is a'longitudinal'ver'tical section on i line 34-3 of'Fig. 2f;

sectional views on line 545,676, and- 7-7 of Fig. l"

Fig. 8A ble bearing in operative position;

, Fig. 9 is apview ofthe'sarne bearing inV a.. =niodifed position;v

Fig. 10 is anenlarged sectionaldetailed p .viewofl the shear and .shearlactuating ele- '.devices referredl to, fnie'a ns foizcutting the. i

sheet' material into unitsf'of predetermined. adjustable-length .and to' deliver these'units' ments Fig.

tion. of another. shaft;

'view oiiline 13%13 of Fig. Qifand,

Fig. 14 is a similar Vsectional'-vi'ew on line 'lll-'14, ofFig. 2.

The frame ofhe machine comprises side castings 1 which are unitedvneartheir low-I er .ends at 4the frontgand rear by 'transverse braces 2 and 3, The' upper portions of these side castings-may also e united by brackets for theshears and'hy tie rods, one offwhiczhfl is indicated at'4. l

'The main haft 5 of the machine which,

as vshown in Figs.' 1' and 3,; is located near Vthe'left'liand orrear end lof .the frame car-v ries at that` portion which projectsfrom .the

side' plate a. .loose l.pulley 6. A The' connection between this loose pulley-and the shaft 5.

maybe established by a Johnson frictionV 'clutch indicated as a whole alt 7 or by some isfadetailedview ofan osci1lata.

'1l isa perspective View o fjtheGeneVa- '-whe'elmechanism for converting continuous .motion ofjone shaft into' interrupted rota'-v .other coupling device which is under 'the rear end of the machineand the two levers being't united by a'rock shaft 8 extending along the frame of the. machine and supported in suitable brackets on the outer side of the pertaining plate. 4The coupling 7, therefore, may be thrown iutooperative position or into inoperative position fromA either end of the machine, thereby ing the work of the attendant.

A gear 9 mounted on the main shaft 5 of the machine between the two side castings 1 is in driving engagement with another gear 10, Fig. 5, which is keyed to a sleeve 11, finding its supportv in a bushing 12 in the left hand side plate 1. The Sleeve 11 loosely supports rone end of a shaft 13,v the other end of which vis journaled in a bearing of the other side plate 1. Near the outer surface of the side plate through which the facilita.

vbushing extends the sleeve 11 is rigidly connectedwith a gear 14 in driving relation with an intermediary gear' 15. This inter-i V mediary gear is mountedrat the end of an intermediaryvadjustable support, shown in Fig. 3 in the form of a bracket 16.V which is'slidable in its longitudinal direction owing tothe provision of a slot 17 in the side plate and through which a bolt extends. The bracket also is adjustable transversely thereto, owing to the provision of the Slot 18 -in the bracket itself.. The interposition of this ar 15 removably mounted on the adjusta le bracket,V 16 renders it vpossible to modifythe ratio of transmission between thegear 14,and the gear 19 which is mounted on a shaft 20 projecting from the left hand side plate of the machine, this shaft being extended beyond the gear ,19 and carrying at the projecting end a mitre gear 21. The countershaft 22 which extends par-4 allel to the axis of the machine and which is supported in brackets 23 and 24, Fig. 2, serves for driving the various sets of rollers described below:

A typical set of these rollers is illustrated in Fig. 6. The countershaft 22 which extends parallel to the axis of the machine is provided in opposition to each of these sets j `of' rollers with a bevel gear 254 in driving engagement with the similar bevel gear 26 which is rigidly mounted on the shaft 27, extending transversely through the machine and supported in bearings 28 near the top of the side plates V1. The shaft `27 which serves for supporting the lower roller 29 is in driving connection with said roller 29 through a disk 30 pinned to the shaft 27,

the details of the driving clutch being described below. The other end of the roller 29 is fixedly connected by countersunk flathead screws with a pinion 31 in driving rewhich .the roller 29 is secured to the pinionl 31, and the other end. ofthe roller 34 is iixedly pinned to the shaft 33. This shaft, as will be seen from Fig. 6, projects beyond thev side plate 1 and carries a hand wheel 35whereby the upper roller 34 may be ro,-

tated 'independently of the drive of the machine, and this manual'rotation is then transmitted through the pinion 32 and pin; ion 31 to the lower rollers 29 of the set.

is provided in addition to the automatic mechanical drive of the machine, and that the line of transmission of the manual drive is opposited to the direction .of transmission of the mechanical drive.

While the shaft 27 of the roller 29 is supported in the bearings 28 of the side frame and, therefore is immovable longitudinally of said fra-Ine, the upper shaft 33 is mounted at both .of its lends in a bearing structure which is movable relatively to side plates 1. The details of this bearing structure are more clearly shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

A bracket 37 carries at itslower end a bearing 38 through which the shaft27 extends, thisV shaft being hushed in said bearing in the ordinary, way. Owing to this arrangement,'the bracket 37, therefore, is supported ofscillatably upon the shaft 27 of the roller seat. The bracket 37 also serves for receiving the bearing 39 of the upper roller shaft 33, Athis bearing39 being shown. in

It.- will, therefore, be seen that a manual drive'.

Figs.` 8and 9 as consisting of ablock which is guided in a rectilinear path in a rectangular opening 40 of tlm bracket 37. The proper distance between the 'two rollers may be maintained by adjustment of the up er bearing 39 relatively to the bracket an for this purpose the bracket 37 vreceives in the rectangular opening a spring 41 seated. at its lower end against theupper surface of the block 39 which for this purpose is provided with a lug and pressing at the upper end against a plate 42, at the lower end of a screw 43 which is in threaded engagement with a tapped opening 44I ofv pez.

the countershaft serves for imparting'th'e drive to that lset of rollerswhich conducts the sheet metal from a storage spool. vor coil into the machine. The construction ofv these rollers 29 and 34', as indicated inl Figs. 2 and 3, may b e approximately the vsame as the 'construction of the rollers 29 and' 34,4 i`llu'st'rated in Fig.' 6. 4This set of rollers, however, also serves for driving rotarycoacting cutters through which one edge 4of the-strip ofmetal drawn through Athe machine is severed, thereby vdeinin exact-ly the-widthof the strip of meta v passed through the machine. Y

The shaft' 27 :for roller 29. drives -through gears 311482 the upper roller,

whose shaft S-has( at theoppositeenda. gear inineslriwith agear51'on the lower shaft 4 7 oftheadjacent pair of shafts. The

.shaft 48 receives its drive-from the shaft 47' through gears.3132, as Adescribed with'respect tothe other shatts.

Thecutters on'thefshaf'ts 47 and '48 are adjustable .longitudinally Aon these shafts,

Abutrotate with the jsame,'th`ese cutterscom'- f prising the hub membfnfs 54 and the cutting members proper, 55, which Aare, secured to .the h'ubfme'mbers in some suitable way.`

' The upper shafts` 48 and 33 of the rollers near the, front end' ofthe machine are also supported in' bearings which are adjustable, with respecttothe other shafts of thesame set. These adjustable beal'fings are formed by `blocks 39 slidably arranged Ain 'gi1ide ways 56 -of the 'frame .and controlled by] springs .57, the tensionlof which may be adjusted by the screws The upperA ends of the' guideways 56 yare. closed .by the base -plate 59' of a 'yoke' Owhi'ch bridges the .framenear thefront en'd and at the samev Ytime serves as a. tie for the two side plates 1.-

For tl1e purpose of severing the continuous strip in to units .of predetermined jady-jufstable length, a shearing"dev`1e e.is dis- --posed at the rear end'of the machine, thisI 'devicebeingactuated intermittently and being in close'proxi-mity to a setof rollers which is also driven intermittently so as to.

feed the strip intermittently to the. shear blades. During the shearing o peration,t.he -feedingrollers for. the shears are maintained at rest, while during the vrest period of the shears the vfeeding rollers are actuated .to advance the strip through the space bev tween the knives.'

The actuating means for the intermittent` rotation ofthe feedv rollers com rise an oval..

camv 61 which is mounted on s aft 5 of the machine and rigidlvconnected therewith. This cam has theanti-friction rollers 62' pro-v jecting-'from the plane of the' cam plate,

'ya ud it also has arcuate flanges 63 projecting near the edge of the plate from its plane.

The countershaft'13 on'which the gear 10 vlis loosely mounted .-(Figf) has rigidly con ings -in the machine.

Vat the end projecting from the right hand nected therewith .a Geneva wheelf64 with four radial gaps 65 and arcuate edge portionstintermediate said gaps.. Itis obvious, therefore,P that' thel continuous rotationl 'I of the shaft 5 will be 4transmittedintermittently to the shaft 13 and that during intervals, Aowing to the provision of the .flanges i .63 in contact with the arcuate portions 66,

the'shaft 13, will be positively held against rotation.v

A gear-67 (Fig. 5) keyed onshaft 13 is in meshwith a smaller gear 68 on a transverse shaft 69 'supported in suitablel bear- The shaft 69 carries of a shaft 80, on which ar'oller 81 is Xedly securedv and the rotation of this shaft is transmitted by pinions 31 and 32 to an upper shaft 82 on; which another roller 83' also is tixedly mounted. The shaft'82. has its ends supported-.in slidable bearings 39 .which are movable inguidewavs-84 it is under the 'control of a spring 57 `the tension of which may be adjusted through the screw 58 similarv tothe adjustment described above, with re- -.71.drives agea'r 78 (Fig. 5) on the-outer end s'pect'tothe bearings at the othere'nd of the I machine.

n Owing to the provision of the slidable l bracket 7 8 on which the intermediary gear X71'is mounted, it is obvious that the speed at which the set of rollers 81, 83' is'driven' may be altered as desired. vThe drive of the shears isapparent from Figs. 3, 4, 'and 1() of the drawings. `The' lower jor rigid4 shear. blade 85 is removably secured to the front surface of a` bracket 86, f

comprising lateral walls-which are secured` to the side plates 1, afront wall'and a top.

The movable shear blade 87 is"se'cur`ed to ai bracket 88 which is guided in ways 89 (Fig.

2) in the side walls'l of the machine, each of these guideways 89 being formed partly Y by a lr'emfwabl'e bar 90.A The lower end of the bracket `88 carries a transversebar 91 to .which links 92 are secured. The lower ends of the link have hub extensions ,beingv provided with an elongatedvbore instead of a cylindrical bore of the ordinaryhub. Spring E93,- connected atthelower'end with the hule extension and. at `the upper' end anchored to rigid v parts of the machine frame-have a tendency to maintain links 92 and thereby thebracket 88'with the upper shear blade 87 `in raised position, and to return the elementsto raised position if they should have' been lowered. 1-

For the purpose'of lowering these parts to efiect the shearing movement of the upper blade 87, cams 94 approximately diamond shaped are'secured to the main shaft 5 of the machine, while the links 92 are equipped each with an anti-friction roller 95-l which is held permanently in contact with the per-- taining cam 94, V'owing to the spring 93. During the rotation of the shaft 5 the cam 94 will alternately force this roller 95 downwardly, thereby also moving the link 92 and the bracket with the shear blade 87 against the tension of the spring 93 invdownward direc-tion to' effect a cut. In the intervals between thesedepressions of the roller 95 theA spring 93 raises these parts and also maintains the roller permanently in operative engagement with the cam.

Fiiom Fig. 4 it will also be noted that the cutting edges ofthe blades 85, 87. are located at an angle to the horizontal so as to' bring the 'shearing force gradually into action against the metal instead of effecting the c ut in a single punch-like operation over the entire width of the material.

.The cam94 and the cam plate 61, bothof whichA are mounted on the driving shaft 5 of the machine', ofcourse, mustl be ofi'set angularly relatively to-eac-h other to produce a shearing cut. while the rollers 83 and ,81 are held against movement, and to hold the shearing blade' 87 inoperative in that period of the operation in which the rollers 62 ofA the cam 61 impart a rotary step to the starwheel 66.-

Means 'are provided for winding up the strip, severedby the cutters `fromu the sheet metal, these means being located near the front end of the machine.,V A shaft 96 is supported 1n a bearing 97 which is secured to a bracket near the front end of the side plates 1. h extension of the bearing part 97 carries pivotally mounted thereon .a supplementary bearing cap 98 which may be held inthe operative-position shown in Fig.

:"3 of the drawing by a washer or plate 99 pressing against a nose 100 of the cap 98.

The washer 99 is mounted on a bolt 101 which is pivoted upon -the lug 102 of the bracket. Al spring v103 has atendency to force the-plate 99 totheoperative position shown in Fig. 3 thereby also effectively holdving the bolt against same whensuch move- .ment is not intended. 'The shaft 96, 'as

shown in Figs. 1 and 2, carries a pulley 104 which is driven-by a belt 105 from a suitable pulley V106 rigidly mounted o n the shaft 27" 4oit' the roller 29 through which the ma# teri-al is introduced into the machine.

The sheet material preferably is support-4A ed in the form of a spool SA on a rod 107 which is carried in a slanting` notch of a bracket 108, also mounted on the front end of the machine, as shown nFigS. 1 and 3.

It vis obvious Ithat in this wayuthe removal of a spool and the introduction of another spool is greatly facilitated.

.1n order to connect the rear edge of a strip just passing through .the machine with thefront edge of another strip to be inserted into the machine, a crimping device is' located near thefront wall and near the top of the machine. A stationary crimping plate 109 fis adjustably secured between bearing` brackets 110, which are fastened to the fronti edges of the side plates 1. .I Between these bearing brackets is also located a bar 111 on which another crimping plate 112 is adjust- 'Through suitable swinging movement of the handle 116, the crimping bar 112 may be turned so as to fold adjacent 4edge portions of superimposed strips about. the edge of the bar 109 and to flatten them against each other whereby the two strips may be drawn through the machine, without interruption of operation.

For the purpose of facilitating the introduction of the edge of the strip between the* rollers 29 and'34, the upper rollers, as. stated above, are supported in bearings which are oscillatably supported, with respect to thev shafts 27 of the ower rollers as indicated in Figs. 8 and 9. The two bearing brackets 37 pertaining to the same roller .34 are interconnected by a transverse bar 120 andthe transverse bars of these three rollers are interccnnected in their central portions by a` longitudinal bar 121 (Fig. 1), terminating in a tapped socket 122. A spindle 123 enters this socket 122 and/is rotatably guided in-a l' bearing 124 which is pivotally suspended from the yoke 60 Aspanning the two side platesnear the front end of the. machine. lt is obvious` therefore, that uponaxialy dis. placement of the spindle 123 which carries at the front end a hand wheel 125 the longiv tudinal bar 121 also may; be displaced in lon.

gitudinal direction, thereby causing a swinging movement of the upper'brackets 37,'and

ers and if the edge of a strip of metal has been inserted between thesev rollers when they are in the position in Fig. 9, through` rollers 34 about the axis of the lower rollthreading movement ofthe strip of sheet Vmet-al through the machine prior to the starting of the machine, without necessitating the drive' through a motor or the like,

notshown in the drawing. This threading movement, which necessitates the rotation of the variousv cooperating rollers. successively and independently of'each 'other is :eifected .by means of the hand wheels which are mounted atthe end .of the shafts 33,. and

'one .of whiclris also mounted on the .shaft on Vu'ihich the first roller 3 4. is .rigidly secured. The rollers 34 are 'fixedly connected) with vtheir pertaining. shafts '33. The Aman-f..-4

ual rotation of the. rollers' 34 is" transmitted.

, through the gears'3-1',32 to shafts 27 or 27.l

Rollers 29., 29', howeveigcarenot keyed orpinned to their shafts 2 7 and 27 .so that rotationA is 'not transmittedt'oV the shafts 27. A disk 30 which is rigidlykeyed' or pinned to the shafts 27 is provided with a radial socket 126v in which.v a sleeve-127 lis slidabl'y.

""a suitably shaped .notch "129' in a flange '130- of the pertaining roller 29. .'llhe slidablev "sleeve 127 is forced outwardly, to enter saidv mounted. .The .outer end ofthis sleeve is yformed into a tooth 128 adapted to engage..

notch, by a spring 131 which is seated in the socket, andl a.. key 132 also vlocated in the socket and entering the keywayof the-sleeve 127 prevents dislocation of. tlie'tooth 128,

with respectto the vnotchf129.

If,ftl1erefo1e, by Amanually rotating thel shaft' 33, power istransmittedfrom the respect-ive roller 34 to thecompanion roller 29, the latter willbe vrotated owing to the gears' 32- and 31, without vsimultaneously .causing'the rotation of the disk 30 andof 'theshaft 2710 which said' disk is pinned. If, however, thev directiongof .the transmission of power .is reversed, theroller 2.9 will.. I bc rotated owing to. the engagement of the tooth 128 against the radial side of the notch 129 and this rotation is transmitted through the gears-31 and 32to.. the roller 34. When the roller 29 isrotatedmanually in a prefdete'rmin'ed direction. 'thel inclined side of' the notch 129 will slide ovel` thetooth 128,

forcing-'the tooth inwardly againstthe'tem sion ofthe spring 131, and the'ro'ta'tion'will, therefore, not vbe transmitted to the vdisk 30.

The operation of the machine will rob-'f ably be clearly understood from .the a ove.

A 'spool S of the material'to be treated is placed into the bracket 108 .onwhich it rests v means of the rod 107. The .front edge. of this. material is then introduced between the rollers 34 and-.29 near thefront end of the machine, these'parts being easily accessible to the workingmenat the. front enfd.'

By manually rotating the-shaft on which the roller 34fis mounted..l in a certain direction the lower rollen 29ffjalso will' be rotated, whereby thev strip. of "metal is advanced to the coacting Arotary cutters on the shafts 47 and 48. These cutters have previouslybeen adjusted longitudinally of their shafts so as to be in coaction witheach otherand so as to. cut one strip of lthe edge rollers a: relatively deep loop,.indicated at'. V148, and fat the Sametime the edge portion.

.of the strip cut by the rollers is woundtupon the 'shaft 90 which is'driven through Athe .pulleyv 106 at theend of theshaft 27.

` In order 'to fastenthe edge'of the sheetv ,material between the rollers -29 and 34;, the

spindle 128 is then longitudinally displaced to tilt all of the brackets 37 from the posi- -50 v tion indicated in `Figs. 3 or 8 to the position j indicated in Fig. 9. 'The various upper' rollers'of these sets are then rotated manually so as to permit the material to be passed I 'successively .through the spaces between these rollers, then forming another loop 155 between the-last set of these coacting rollers and the 'rollers 81 and 83, which serve Afor feeding thematerial to the shearsl- The .edge of the material also is passed through 'the space between theserollers and the machine may then loe started whereby, owing' tothecontinued driveof the feeding rollers 29 and 34 and the intermittent drive of the -rollers 81 and 83 at dilferent ratesf of speed,

the loops 14:9 and 155 are. permanently vmaintained in the stripinateri'al. .In the.

power operationv of the machine, the' shear- 'tlie cam 94 andthe link 92, while .the drive of` the rollers 8 3". and 81- is controlled through the Geneva transmission, illustrated'in Fig. 10.

- The ratio ofspeed altered by removal of the gear 15: Fig.

'3.) and replacement of the same by another suitable gear which, of course', can be efl. fected upon' adjustment ofthe bracket .16.

Also the gear 71 which is secured to the bracket73'may'be exchanged for another suitable gear to modify the rate' of speed atfwhichtherollers 83 and 81 are driven.

ing knives 85-and 87 are then operated by l at which the permalnently driven rollers are actuated ma be '105 Depending upon the speed'of the last named roller, the units which are cut by the shears Sland 87 from the strip of material fed through themachineinay bemade larger or smaller, but it is obvious that in the pas- Sage ofthe. material .through the machine at least three of the edgesof each o f these units (not shown) will be trimmed. It

is also obvious that through thecontinuous passage of the/materiat through the several sets' of rollers, the material, itself,l is straightened out, thereby-avoiding all buc-` kling-fand delivering the material in perfectly iiat'condition 'to the shears 85 and 87, the severed units being permitted to drop or being delivered to a table or'the like from Which'they may be picked vup manually or automatically in some suitable Way (not shown) fortransmis'sion to a punching press or some other suitable machine in which the'linal shape is to be given to the same.

Owing to the drive connectionY between theshaft 27 at the font endv of the machine with the shaft 96, the waste edgestrip 4cut from the material by the cutter 55 willbe reeled up on the shaft 96,'and after it has attained'a suitable diameter this strip may, be removed by simply swinging the cap 98;. about the pivot of the bracket 97 and leaving the bearing in open position until' another shaft'. 96 can be installed therein.

' When the supply spooll S hasbeen exhausted, another spool may. be placed into the bracket 108 and the front edge Vof this succeeding spool may be placed upon the i rear edge of the sheet which still'hprojects from the rollers 34"' and 29. These two.. superposed edges may then be placed into the crimping vdevice formed byl the bars 112 and 109 and, through swinging movement of the handle 116 the plates may unite those edges so that the passage of the second strip of sheetmaterial through all of i ltherollers and other devices of the machine can' be accomplished without necessitating a manual threading of this second sheet mai terial through themachine.

l claim:

'1. In a machine-.of the character described, the combination of a` set o f straightening rollers, a set of feeding rollers, means for continuously driving s aid feeding andA straightening rollers, a main shaft, gearing interposed between said main shaft and` said feeding and straightening rollers, means .for

'.varying the ratioV of said last named gear" ing with respect vto themain shaft, a severing mechanism, a set of rollers for inter- `mittently feeding material to said severing mechanism, and means for intermittently actuating said severing' mechanism.

2. In a` machine of the character de-v scribed, the combination of a set of straightening rollers, means for feeding sheet material to said straightening rollers, continuously driven means for trimmingan edge of. sheet material, a mechanism for sub-dividl ing the material into units of predetermined length, and a commonl means for driving said rollers and mechanisms. y

3. In a 'machine of the character described, the combination of straightening Y rollers, a mechanism interposed between said straightening rollers, a feeding means' for trimming the longitudinaledge of sheet material .passing through said straightening rollers, a shearing mechanism disposed at .an angle'to vthe direction of travel of the sheet material, and means for intermittently actuating said last named mechanism.

et. ln a machine of the character described, the combination of straightening rollers, feeding rollers for feeding sheet ma- 'terial to said straightening rollers, rotary 'cutters interposed between said straightening rollers and feeding rollers, a shearing 'mechanism at a distance from said straightening rollers, means for continuously actu-- ating said feeding rollers, rotary cutters and straightening rollers, and means for intermittently actuating said shearing mechanism. n

5. lnA a machine of the character described, the combination of 'straightening rollers, rollers for feeding sheet material to said straightening rollers, a set of coop-y erating cutters adjustably disposed between y sheet material to said straightening rollers,

a set of rotary cutters disposed between said feeding rollers and straightening rollers, said cutters being adjustable transversely to the direction in which the sheet material is advanced from the feeding rollers, tosaid straightening rollers, a cutting mechanism character deadapted to effect cuts transversely to the traveling direction of the sheet inaterial `in said mechanism, means for intermit-A tently actuating said cutting mechanism, and means for intermittently feeding sheet material after the passage through said' straightening rollers to said cut-ting mecha-- msm..

7. In a machine of the. character described; the combination of straightening rollers, feeding` rollers, rotary cutters, means for permanently actuating said feeding rollers, cutters, and straightening rollers, a shearing mechanism, a set of rollers for intermittently feeding material to said vshearing mechanism, and means in each of said sets of rollersand .set of cutters for yieldingly adjusting one member with respect to t-lie companion member and independently of the adjustments made in the f other` sets of these rollers and cutters.

8. In a. machine of the character described, the combination of a main shaft, a plurality of sets of straightening rollers serially disposed in the machine, a set of feeding rollers,l rotar'y cutters between said feeding rollers and said straightening. rollers, gears mountedon said shaft, a second shaft transversely disposed with respect to -said straightening rollers, gearing cutters,

and feeding rollers, means on said second shaftvfor-'driving all of said rollers and in n lll)

cutters, and gearing interposedbetween saidgears onthe 'main shaft and said. second shaft for transmitting rotation from said firstsh'aft to .said second shaft.

9. In` a' machine of the character described,'.a main shaft, av ca in continuously 4rotated thereby,'a countersliaft, a vcam plate on saidv countershaftcooperating with said permanently rotating. cam. vfoi' intermit- -tently locking said countershaft against rotation, a pair of feedingrolleis, gearing exchangeably disposed between said c ou'n- ,tershaftand said feeding rollers, a reciprocating shearing mechanism, al second cam 10. In a' machine of the charac-ter described, the ycombination of cutting ,fand

trimming mechanism, a set of straightening rollers, power-controlled means for con-4 tinuously rotating said straightening rollers, and. means' independent of said power ers in'the same direction as under control of i the -power meansand independently ofthe l' El rotaiynieinbers, a power mechanism for ro tating one of said members, means for transmitting the rotation to th'e companion sociated with the lower 'rollei, gearing as` is mounted.

member, and means on said companion member for rotating independently of said vpower mechanism the iist named member -in a predetermined direction. i

12.I n'a machine of the character de scribed, the combination of cutting and trimming mechai'iism, a set of rollers, power mechanism for drivingone of said rollers,

gearing interposed between the Atwo rollers, a yielding clutch 11i connection with the power-driven roller, and means associated with `the -other 'roller for rotating said power-driven roller independently of theY power: drive through the gearing interposed between the v-two rollers.

13. In a machine of thef character described, the combination. of cutting andA trimming mechanism, a setof rollers in sii-A perposed arrangement,f poii'eiWm'eaiis for driving the lower roller, gearing interposed vtriminin lbetween the lower and the upper roller, a

clutch 4connecting said power means with. the lower, roller, and means associated with the upper roller fordriving said upper and lower roller and for automatically disconnecting theA clutch between said power mechanism and the lower roller.

14. In a machine of the character `described, the combination of cutting and fr mechanism, a set of rollers in superposedb arrangement,. power v-actuatefil 'in a predetermined direction and to permit4 means for driving the lower roller,trans power means, said last .named hand-con vtrolled transmission being in the line of power transmission but being inversely directed with respect thereto.

.'1 5.In a-Inacliine of the character de-A scribed, tlie combination of cutting and'.

trimming mechanism, a set of rollers in superposed arrangement, a shaft for the lower roller, power driving means vfoi said shaft, a clutch element vrigidly connected witlrsaid shaft and adapted to cause rotation of the roller-mounted oii-said shaft in a predetermined direction,- gearing associa'ted with the upper roller iti-engagement r roller through said gearing witho-i'it rotat" means for rotating said straightening roll#.

ing the shaft on. which said lower roller .16. In a machine of the character described, ,the combination of cutting and trimming mechanism, a roller, 4a power-v .driven shaft therefor, a clutch element s evmerit 'being .adapted to cause rotation of said rollerupon rotation of the said shaft rotation of said rol-ler in the saine direction without.rotating said-shaft.

17. In a machine of the character described, in combination vwith strai ,hte'ningv rollers; feeding rollers, a rotary cutter iiiterposed between said .feedingrollers and straightening rollers, a power-driven shaft for i simultaneously rotating said straighteningrollers and feeding rollers, a gearing.

interposed between saidfeeding rollers, and rotary cutters for imparting rotation i to said cutters coincidently with-the rotation ofsaid feeding rollers.

18.A In4 a machine ofthe character delins scribed, the combination of av set of straightf ening rollers. feedingrollers for said straightening rollers, rota-ry cutters in'-v Vterposed between. said feeding rollers and straightening rollers and adapted to trim the longitudinal edge of sheet .material in the passage from saidl feeding rollers to said straightening rollers, and means for winding the trimmed edge in spool forni .in the machine. V 19.' In -a -machine of the character described, the combination of straightening rollers, feeding rollers, rotary cutters interposedbetween said straightening rollers `and feeding rollers and adapted to trim'the izo longitudinal edge of sheet material in the passage from said feeding rollers to said straightening rollers, power-driven means for rotating said feeding rollers and straightening rollershand power-driven 1 means for 'winding the edge of the sheet material in spool form in the machine.

20, In .a machine of the character dex scribed, the combination of a plurality of straightening rollers, feeding rollers, rotary cutters interposed between said feeding rollers and straightening rollers, power-driven :'means for actuating said feeding rollers and straightening rollers, said rotary cutters being adapted to ,trim the edge of sheet material in the passage from' said feeding rollers to said straightening rollers, mechanism for winding the severed edge portion in spool form, and means under the control of the feeding rollers for driving said winding mechanism. L `21. I a machine ofthe character described, the combination of feeding rollers, power-driven means for actuating the feeding rollers, rotary cutters' driven by said feeding rollers and adapte-d to trim the .edge of sheet material passed through the-v feeding roller s,'mechanism for winding theA severed edge portion in spool form, and a drive connection between said feeding rollers -and said winding mechanism.

22. In a machine of the character de-l scribed, the combination of feeding rollers for sheet material, power-actuated means for continuously rotating said 'feeding 'roll-h ers, rotary cutters driven by said feeding rollers and adapted to trim the edge of sheet material passed through the feeding rollers, a Winding mechanism for the severed edge portion, a: power drive from the feed- 4o ing rollers to said Winding-mechanism, said winding mechanism including a'shaft and a `bearing for said shaft, saidbearing hav' ing an upper portion anda lower portion, and spring-controlled means-for maintaining tliefupper portion locked in operative v p osition with respect to the lower portion.

23. yIn a machine of the character described, the combination of feeding rollers extending transversely 4of the machine,l a crimping mechanism extending transversely of the machine, said crimping mechanism 'including a stationary edge plate and movable edge plate, and means lfor imparting movement to said last named edge plate with respect to the other edge plate.

24.111"- a machine of the character described, the combination of a set of feeding rollers extending transversely of the machine, a support-for sheet material extending transversely of themachine, and a .crimping device forconiiecting transverse l.

in the presence of two Witnesses at 36 West Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois.

CLARENCE F. WOODWORTH, i Witnesses: Damian F. BRENNAN,

DOROTHY Wiss. 

